Lesson 6

Introduce natural history of NZ - compare to galapagos islands - get them enthused about what an amazing country NZ is from perspective of F and F - unique, high levels of endemism, crazy birds, crazy insects, crazy plants and trees

Activity - Gondwanland - on Wiki - introduce where NZ has come from?

Slideshow: Intro to NZ natural history (Part 1)

tell the students that the next session will involve a trip to the Botanic Gardens and they will give a presentation in pairs on a plant - they will be given the plant but will have to go go the Botanic Gardens to research it and find out where it is.

Go through the flora assessment on Wiki and give them their plants to research